The French passage on the back of the map translates roughly into:Florida is a section of the Northern American hemisphere: It is called this way because of the day of the flowered Easter, when Spaniards first touched ground, known as the day of our salvation 1521. Thevet writes that it was named this way because it (Florida) was so green and flowery. The French however tried to make it a colony and send people over to develop it.But they were not able to do so since the Spaniards chased them away several times. The natives are barbaric, fowl and inhuman. They eat spiders, lizards, snakes and other poisonous beasts. The province is itself pretty fertile, and quite abundant in gold.

Title

La Florida, Auctore Hieron, Chiaves

Date

1584

Pub Date

1584

Condition

Good

Imagefile

002\1996281.JPG

Size

16.5'' h x 21.5'' w

Big Cypress
Seminole Indian Reservation
Open 7 days a week - 9am to 5pm